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mr. romney was there with his wife, ann romney, but the president was there without the first lady. michelle obama was not in the room. i think that is what made mr. romney's joke more awkward than it otherwise might have been. >> campaigns can be grueling, exhausting. president obama and i are each very lucky to have one person who is always in our corner, someone who we can lean on and someone who is a comforting presence without whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. i have my beautiful wife, ann, he has bill clinton. >> which is a funny joke, but he's also a little bit mean to the first lady, right? mr. romney did go on at the end of his remarks to say very nice things, very nice and serious things about the whole obama family. that sort of softened the blow there a little bit. michelle obama was also the subject of a self-deprecating joke from president obama, himself. >> tomorrow it's back to campaigning. i've been to cities and towns across our great country, and i hear the same thing everywhere i go. honestly, we were hoping to see michelle. >> that was not president ob
mr. romney was there with his wife, ann romney, but the president was there without the first lady. michelle obama was not in the room. i think that is what made mr. romney's joke more awkward than it otherwise might have been. >> campaigns can be grueling, exhausting. president obama and i are each very lucky to have one person who is always in our corner, someone who we can lean on and someone who is a comforting presence without whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. i have my...
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they have to make it sound like mr. romney has not taken extreme positions on these issues. but mr. romney really has taken very, very, very, very conservative positions owen on these issues including contraception. that is why at the second debate this week mr. romney went out of his way to make himself sound like he hasn't taken the position that he really has actually taken. >> i don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not. every woman in america should have access to contraceptives. >> actually when you say "i don't believe that," you totally do believe that. you do. you do. >> listen, i got to ask you here about -- there's a -- "washington post" has got a blog out here saying jim heath, a reporter for a tv station in ohio, just tweeted a remarkable piece of news. mitt romney told him he does not support the blunt amendment that would empower employers and insurers to deny health coverage they find morally objectionable. what happened here? >> i didn't understand his question. of course i support the blunt amendment. i thought he
they have to make it sound like mr. romney has not taken extreme positions on these issues. but mr. romney really has taken very, very, very, very conservative positions owen on these issues including contraception. that is why at the second debate this week mr. romney went out of his way to make himself sound like he hasn't taken the position that he really has actually taken. >> i don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not. every woman...
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mrs. romney found that out this morning. see what happened coming up. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, yoargeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >> greta: from health care to the economy, the voters say the obama administration -- is failing. the poll asking americans to rate the administration on it is big issues. and the results, a majority saying the obama administration has mostly failed on health care, the economy and jobs. now, the good grade for president obottomma was the national security. we are back with our political panel. bob, these polls -- i mean, they don't -- what are your thoughts? >> not goo
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coming up, your last call, mrs. romney takes on morning television. but it's live tv and nothing goes as planned. see what happened next. mike rowe here at a ford dealer with a little q&a for fiona. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... mind to an. >>yone w m i'm beginning to sense a pattern. buy four select tires, get a $60 rebate. use the ford service credit credit card, get $60 more. that's up to $120. where did you get that sweater vest? your ford dealer. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol and any of these risk factors can put them at in
coming up, your last call, mrs. romney takes on morning television. but it's live tv and nothing goes as planned. see what happened next. mike rowe here at a ford dealer with a little q&a for fiona. tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... mind to an. >>yone w m i'm beginning to sense a pattern. buy four select tires, get a...
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romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many republicans don't get why they were rejected by the american people. this morning, as romney was getting ready for his big day in washington, his top political strategist was on national tv talking about why he lost. >> i certainly don't think it was the ideas. i think that the ideas carried the day for us and the success that we had, though it obviously wasn't enough to win the race, was based on the candidate mitt romney and on his ideas. >> the ideas carried the day? what is he talking about? those ideas are why romney came in second place. this election was a rejection of the policies romney stood for. but too many republicans just don't get it. right now we have incredibly important issues to deal with, on tacks, jobs, immigration, marriage equality. but how account country move forwar
romney, how was your meeting with mr. romney today? was it nice to see him? >> good friend. great to be with him. >> always great to see paul ryan. >> sure. always great to see him. and chat about the irony of their getting only 47% of the vote. how fitting. but the fact is, even now many republicans don't get why they were rejected by the american people. this morning, as romney was getting ready for his big day in washington, his top political strategist was on national tv...
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well, da,n utterly dismissing mr. romney. romney's foreign policy mouthpiece was chaenged by andrea mitchell to defend his somewhat hawkish posture towards iran take a listen, dana. >> is governor romney really aro oitn right now and open up a regional war? >> so governor romney has not advocated military action and any suggestion that he has by the president or his surrogates is a mischaracterization. >> dana, i'm sorry, so romy doesn't advocate mitar ac, he president is weak for not aocating military action. how does that one work? >> let me explain it that way, the position romney is taking on any foreign policy issue is he disagrees with president obama regardless of president obama's position onth. ann. he disagrees with it. what would he do differently? >> nothing. >> we don't know. he disagrees with the position on iran, on israel. what wld he do differently? atrethrc ete events unless he is going to reinstate the neocon advisers. >> 17 of the 24 advised president bush. >> and we saw what the results of that were. yes,
well, da,n utterly dismissing mr. romney. romney's foreign policy mouthpiece was chaenged by andrea mitchell to defend his somewhat hawkish posture towards iran take a listen, dana. >> is governor romney really aro oitn right now and open up a regional war? >> so governor romney has not advocated military action and any suggestion that he has by the president or his surrogates is a mischaracterization. >> dana, i'm sorry, so romy doesn't advocate mitar ac, he president is weak...
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i think he is aware of the ideas that mr. romney has. even if you think about the business accumen and experiences, those are not the kind of business practices that we need in this kind of economic environment. the president is aware of what needs to happen going forward. and the gesture towards bipartisanship again is what is most important in this particular meeting. i don't think too much substantive will come out in terms of mr. romney having some kind of a position or being able to see his ideas about how to move forward in the economy into an obama administration's plan for the future of america. >> well, douglas brinkley, james peterson, thank you for your time tonight. i think it's a healthy thing. i'm very firm and clear on my positions but i also think it's very important until a divided country that we show none of it is personal and that the american people are far more important than any of our partisan views. that's why it was good the president met even today with ceos who had opposed him, marriott, state farm, caterpilla
i think he is aware of the ideas that mr. romney has. even if you think about the business accumen and experiences, those are not the kind of business practices that we need in this kind of economic environment. the president is aware of what needs to happen going forward. and the gesture towards bipartisanship again is what is most important in this particular meeting. i don't think too much substantive will come out in terms of mr. romney having some kind of a position or being able to see...
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mrs. romney, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> mrs. romney, i heard that you made a video about four years ago in which you said in this personal video, it says, mitt, this is for you, sweetheart, i'm never going to do this again. my question is, how did that go for you? how did you do? >> well, as you know, you probably heard me on leno last night, but mitt looked at it and he said, ann, i don't know, but you say that every pregnancy. i don't know mitt took it as seriously as i meant it. you've seen a lot of campaigns. you know how hard this is on families. and when you have someone that you love, that's out there, putting themselves on the line all the time, you know, it's very hard for families, people that love them so much to see them beaten up so much. however, greta, i will tell you, even though i said i would never do it again, i'm as committed as a person can be right now, because i along with so many other americans recognize what an important election this is, how critical this time is. how many fellow americans are out of w
mrs. romney, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> mrs. romney, i heard that you made a video about four years ago in which you said in this personal video, it says, mitt, this is for you, sweetheart, i'm never going to do this again. my question is, how did that go for you? how did you do? >> well, as you know, you probably heard me on leno last night, but mitt looked at it and he said, ann, i don't know, but you say that every pregnancy. i don't know mitt took it as seriously as...
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ing in fact, mr. romney is about to speak in minutes. governor romney spent yesterday attacking mr. obama for international crises from the killing of americans in libya to the anti-american uprising in much of the muslim world. is this missile test a new talking point? the former chief speechwriter for george w. bush and his defense secretary donald rumsfeld. he joins us from the american enterprise institute in wash where he writes on foreign policy and defense issues. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm good. thank you so much for joining us. this is a chance for mr. romney to look presidential at a time when polls show strong support for mr. obama's foreign policy is slipping. you are a former speechwriter. what does governor romney need to say today? >> well, it is interesting because president obama -- just a few weeks ago president obama was boasting about his foreign policy achievements and mocking mitt romney for how little foreign policy experience he has. it is a difference what a couple of weeks makes. as you point out the polls show the support for presid
ing in fact, mr. romney is about to speak in minutes. governor romney spent yesterday attacking mr. obama for international crises from the killing of americans in libya to the anti-american uprising in much of the muslim world. is this missile test a new talking point? the former chief speechwriter for george w. bush and his defense secretary donald rumsfeld. he joins us from the american enterprise institute in wash where he writes on foreign policy and defense issues. good morning. >>...
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>> first it's -- >> we're using the words of mr. romney. please accept that he's cracking you up as well. he said it. >> first you said that romney, we need to see his tax returns, we need to have these tax returns released. >> we'd like 12 years like his father. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> two years. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> details for two years. >> executive -- >> i can give you a summary -- >> let me finish a sentence. >> please do. >> what was his effective rate over 20 years? it was 20.20%. so, again, the lib raleralliber never enough. first you want him to release his records and then you say he's not paying enough on taxes. my second point is you're being disingenuous. he's paying taxes on wages and salary. then he's paying taxes on investment income. so to suggest he's not paying his taxes or not paying his fair share a ludicrous. >> it's a distraction. >> you and i will agree with this. >> you agree? >> this is absolutely a distraction. >> so you agree he's released these in order to distract attention
>> first it's -- >> we're using the words of mr. romney. please accept that he's cracking you up as well. he said it. >> first you said that romney, we need to see his tax returns, we need to have these tax returns released. >> we'd like 12 years like his father. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> two years. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> details for two years. >> executive -- >> i can give you a summary -- >> let...
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>>neil: a lot of this hinges on the debates, as you know, mrs. romney. when your husband goes into the debates, everyone will be looking more at him, i think, because they tend to lock at challenger if they are entertaining changing horses they like to look at the other horse and they looked at the other horse in 1980 and ronald reagan, and people decided they could switch. does your husband need to show in that debate he is worthy of americans' interest in switching? >>guest: i am looking forward to the debate. it is going to be an opportunity for a lot of americans to tune in for the first time and see this guy is a serious guy. >>neil: u.s. own people trumpet his debating skills, maybe she should lower the expectation were >>guest: we have great confidence that the president is a good debater and he has --. >>neil: better than your husband? >>guest: i am not weigh in on that. but i do think the president will have an advantage going, obviouslies into the debates,en knows he is a good debater and the sitting president of the united states so mitt romne
>>neil: a lot of this hinges on the debates, as you know, mrs. romney. when your husband goes into the debates, everyone will be looking more at him, i think, because they tend to lock at challenger if they are entertaining changing horses they like to look at the other horse and they looked at the other horse in 1980 and ronald reagan, and people decided they could switch. does your husband need to show in that debate he is worthy of americans' interest in switching? >>guest: i am...
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mr. romney claims he's mr. fix-it for the economy because of the -- his business experience and so i think voters entirely and legitimately want to know what was that business experience. and as the head of a private equity firm his job was to maximize profits and help wealthy investors. nothing wrong with that. that company also was investing in companies "the washington post" calls pioneers of outsourcing and he's now claiming i wasn't there at the
mr. romney claims he's mr. fix-it for the economy because of the -- his business experience and so i think voters entirely and legitimately want to know what was that business experience. and as the head of a private equity firm his job was to maximize profits and help wealthy investors. nothing wrong with that. that company also was investing in companies "the washington post" calls pioneers of outsourcing and he's now claiming i wasn't there at the
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tavis: with regard to romney, it this comes up in the debate -- if this comes up in the debate, mr. obama might be wise to raise this. i can think of 251-liners that would work rather well -- i can think of 21-one-liners that would work rather well. you can see the one-liners of when ronnie went overseas. how might mr. romney respond to the perception at least that he is just not ready for prime time when it comes to being the leader of the free world? >> i am very worried about not only the debate, but the way the coverage, the press coverage in general of the debate -- sorry, the campaign is going forward. we're simply not hearing any more about governor romney's inability to have an ordinary diplomatic conversation with our closest allies. really? going to london? how hard can that be. you and i could be better diplomats than what he pulled off their peer going to israel would be more tricky. and then going to poland. he could not allow poland? really? we simply have wiped the slate clean. as he was widely viewed as the winner of the first debate, he is getting a pass on his dipl
tavis: with regard to romney, it this comes up in the debate -- if this comes up in the debate, mr. obama might be wise to raise this. i can think of 251-liners that would work rather well -- i can think of 21-one-liners that would work rather well. you can see the one-liners of when ronnie went overseas. how might mr. romney respond to the perception at least that he is just not ready for prime time when it comes to being the leader of the free world? >> i am very worried about not only...
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the president's main argument was that mr romney wants to go back to the same policies that landed the u.s. and the world for that matter in the economic mess four years ago that everybody's still struggling to recover from so there was a lot of back and forth about who's going to be paying for what and how they both gave different numbers citing different studies at some point it got kind of confusing but in general it looked as if one of them was saying he wants to raise taxes and the other one goes no he wants to raise taxes or we need regulation and the other one would say are you agree so in the context of this debate they agreed on a lot of things but the devil is of course in the details but as they tried to get into details the numbers is got even works and we still have two more debates in the coming weeks we'll hear more about the candidates foreign policy vision for now in most states president obama is leading in the polls although by a very small margin there are going pretty much six to neck but it's important to mention that in the us a candidate might win the majority o
the president's main argument was that mr romney wants to go back to the same policies that landed the u.s. and the world for that matter in the economic mess four years ago that everybody's still struggling to recover from so there was a lot of back and forth about who's going to be paying for what and how they both gave different numbers citing different studies at some point it got kind of confusing but in general it looked as if one of them was saying he wants to raise taxes and the other...
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not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone end of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geopolitical enemy that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on his website as part of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda so yes a lot of tough talk i heard experts say that's how mitt romney makes up for a lack of charisma what's interesting about the backbone comment is that mitt romney himself is often characterized as lacking the backbone as he has flip flopped on so many issues like abortion he was for abortion before he was against it or illegal immigration he was for giving them legal status that he was for deporting them mitt romney is flip flops have been widely discussed th
not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone end of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one...
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american people but our effort will only be as efficient as our partners allow it to be cute as for mr romney's position we understand that this is to a certain extent motivated by election campaign rhetoric but i also think that he was on his legal wrong because such behavior in the international arena is the same as using nationalism and segregation as a tools of us domestic policy its effect in the international arena is the same when a politician a person who aspires to lead a nation especially a great country like the us declares someone to be enemy a priore and by the way this brings something else to mind when we talk about the missile defense system or american partners keep telling us this is not directed against you but what happens if mr romney and believes us to be america's number one fote which is elected as president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose and you also have to think about its strategic character. this is a sentence handed down was
american people but our effort will only be as efficient as our partners allow it to be cute as for mr romney's position we understand that this is to a certain extent motivated by election campaign rhetoric but i also think that he was on his legal wrong because such behavior in the international arena is the same as using nationalism and segregation as a tools of us domestic policy its effect in the international arena is the same when a politician a person who aspires to lead a nation...
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that is absolutely a must win state for romney. mr. obama now opening up a 12 point lead in pennsylvania according to this poll. that's a state, though, republicans have all but written off. those numbers echo polling from the "washington post" which gave the president an eight point advantage in ohio but put him up only four points in the state of florida. ohio in particular shaping up as a critical battleground. mitt romney spending his third consecutive day there. president obama will be in the state this morning. today's "new york times" reporting that aides to mitt romney say the republican candidate and paul ryan will campaign together now much more often in the coming weeks. according to the report, the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on his own and need mrs. ryan to fire up the supporters. that may have been evident as you'll see here during a campaign stop yesterday outside dayton, ohio. >> wow. that's quite a guy, isn't it? paul ryan. romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there w
that is absolutely a must win state for romney. mr. obama now opening up a 12 point lead in pennsylvania according to this poll. that's a state, though, republicans have all but written off. those numbers echo polling from the "washington post" which gave the president an eight point advantage in ohio but put him up only four points in the state of florida. ohio in particular shaping up as a critical battleground. mitt romney spending his third consecutive day there. president obama...
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romney. he opened with a joke after former president bill clinton, who backs barack obama, introduced him. >> it's an honor to be here this morning. i appreciate your kind words and that introduction is very touching. if there's one thing we have learned in this election season, by the way, it's that a few words from bill clinton can do a man a lot of good. [ applause ] >> and mr. romney used part of his speech to push a theme of his campaign, reiterating he would never apologize for america. >>> from politicians to philanthropists, the clinton global initiative wants to find ways to change the world. >>> and you know the drill. you get on a plane. turn off the electronic device. guess what? that rule could be changing. for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection. it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right,
romney. he opened with a joke after former president bill clinton, who backs barack obama, introduced him. >> it's an honor to be here this morning. i appreciate your kind words and that introduction is very touching. if there's one thing we have learned in this election season, by the way, it's that a few words from bill clinton can do a man a lot of good. [ applause ] >> and mr. romney used part of his speech to push a theme of his campaign, reiterating he would never apologize...
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romney and believes us to be america's number one photo which is elected as president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose and you also have to think about the strategic character mostly not for a year or even a decade and the chances that a man with romney's views could come to power a quite hard so what are we supposed to do to ensure our security. i'd like to talk about the latest developments in the magnitsky case for a moment both the u.s. and britain britain most recently are working on this list of high ranking russian officials russian citizens that they say are responsible for his death he was a high ranking find i'm sorry died in a russian church expect of us why is this still such a perception of brought to justice wasn't dealt in russia that the people responsible for it hadn't been dealt with properly what is this keep rumbling on. you see there are people who need and the enemy they are looking for an opponent to fight against you know how man
romney and believes us to be america's number one photo which is elected as president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose and you also have to think about the strategic character mostly not for a year or even a decade and the chances that a man with romney's views could come to power a quite hard so what are we supposed to do to ensure our security. i'd like to talk...
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mr. romney said we shouldn't have left iraq. that we would be better if american troops were still there. i wonder if you feel like there is any sort of foreign policy or military foreign consensus about what we should have learned from iraq, about what we won't do as a country because of what we learned from the iraq war. >> i think there should be a consensus because i think a lot of the lessons are very clear. i think the first bush administration rushed into war based on intelligence that turned out to be wrong, to go after weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist and to end up occupying a country without having thought through a strategy, without having a plan, and finding -- got ourselves deeper into the middle of an insurgecy campaign that cost us thousands of lives and put america's blood and treasure on the line for a cause that was really in the end questionable. i think when president obama came in, he was very clear that he wanted to responsibly end that war. and he did that. the discussion here, the question of
mr. romney said we shouldn't have left iraq. that we would be better if american troops were still there. i wonder if you feel like there is any sort of foreign policy or military foreign consensus about what we should have learned from iraq, about what we won't do as a country because of what we learned from the iraq war. >> i think there should be a consensus because i think a lot of the lessons are very clear. i think the first bush administration rushed into war based on intelligence...
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mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix-it for the economy. because of his business experience. so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well what exactly was that business experience. >> romney has said he left bain in 1999 to run the winter olympics in salt lake city. but s.e.c. documents list romney as the president and ceo of the firm up until 2002. a period when some bain-owned companies outsourced american jobs overseas. yesterday on "meet the press," senior campaign adviser, ed gillespie defended his candidate. explaining that romney had retired rekt ed rek ed retro a. >> when he was on leave does he stand by business decisions that were made by the firm he created? >> he actually retired retroactively at that point because he ended up not going back to the firm after his time in salt lake city. so he was retired from bain. but look, bain is a good company, it's been very successful, it's helped create a lot of jobs and the fact is, private-sector experience is a beneficial thing, would be beneficial in the white house and the obama campaign -- >> he stands b
mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix-it for the economy. because of his business experience. so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know, well what exactly was that business experience. >> romney has said he left bain in 1999 to run the winter olympics in salt lake city. but s.e.c. documents list romney as the president and ceo of the firm up until 2002. a period when some bain-owned companies outsourced american jobs overseas. yesterday on "meet the press," senior...
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mr. romney was on a show, yesterday mr. romney was on another fox news program hosted by megan kelly. that interview actually ended up being a little testy at times. >> you know, you're struggling, though, with folks that make less than $100,000. >> no, no, no. >> in ohio -- >> you don't win a million more votes than anyone else in this race by just appealing to high-income americans. >> no, no, no, no. point of fact here, i'm on megan kelly's side. if you are mitt romney, you do win races by just appealing to high-income americans. i mean, we've talked about this on the show. that is how he won ohio. ms. kelly was right about this, mitt romney tied or lost every other income bracket in ohio except ohio republicans making more than $100,000 a year. mitt romney cleaned up in that category and was, thereby, able to win the state, but he lost or tied with everybody else, and it was the same thing in michigan. mitt romney lost every single lower income bracket to rick santorum. everybody who makes less than $100,000 a year in t
mr. romney was on a show, yesterday mr. romney was on another fox news program hosted by megan kelly. that interview actually ended up being a little testy at times. >> you know, you're struggling, though, with folks that make less than $100,000. >> no, no, no. >> in ohio -- >> you don't win a million more votes than anyone else in this race by just appealing to high-income americans. >> no, no, no, no. point of fact here, i'm on megan kelly's side. if you are mitt...